LAST YEARS FIFA WORLD CUP

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Brazilian World Cup was also a turning point for social media.

The Germany versus Brazil match became the most tweeted sport

event in Twitter history. Twitter users sent more than 35 million

tweets during the match.

NEW WORLD CUP GOAL-SCORING RECORD

36-year-old German forward Miroslav Klose broke Brazilian legend

Ronaldo´s record for the most goals in World Cup history. In Brazil,

Klose added two goals to his previous 14, which made him the

greatest World Cup striker ever.

COSTA RICA

Their team was supposed to be the biggest outsider of the extremely

difficult group D. Former champions Italy, England and Uruguay were

expected to battle for the two spots in the knock out stage. But instead,

Costa Rica won the group, and beat Greece on round 16. However,

they lost against Netherlands on penalties in their first quarterfinal ever.

HOWARD´S HEROICS

The American goalkeeper was performing well in all his matches but

on round 16 against Belgium, he was just incredible. His 16 saves

in this match set the new record for the most saves by a goalie in

one match in World Cup history.

BITING SUÁREZ

This moment has become one of the Brazilian World Cup symbols.

Uruguay versus Italy; with just ten minutes remaining, Uruguay´s

striker Luis Suárez bites Italian defender Chiellini. Suarez was later

handed a 9-match ban in international matches.

JAMES RODRIGUEZ

Colombia´s attacker scored 6 goals in Brazil and was awarded with the

Golden Boot for the top scorer of the tournament. He scored more

goals than any other player including mega-stars like Messi or Neymar.

THE SPANISH FAILURE

Spain, the defending champion from South Africa, had to go home

after the group stage. They lost both first matches and only

managed to beat Australia. A very disappointing performance.

NEW TECHNOLOGY

French striker Karim Benzema´s goal against Honduras has become

the first goal in soccer history to be confirmed by a new goal-line

technology. This goal helped the French defeat Honduras 3:0.